Enlightenment emancipation reframed Jewish persistence as blameworthy obstinacy rather than ending victim-blaming.

Evidence

The Enlightenment and the growth of secular thought did not necessarily lead to a reassessment of the tendency to blame the victim. The continuation of Jewish particularity after the granting of political emancipation in the wake of the French Revolution was perceived across a range of Western and Central European countries as further evidence of Jewish obstinacy, and therefore the explanation of why antisemitism persisted. Moreover, the growth of scientific racism and race-influenced nationalism from the nineteenth century gave added weight to the idea that antisemitism was a rational and natural reaction to the essential difference of the Jew. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 483

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels how post-emancipation inclusion of other marginalized groups produces new rationalizations for continued exclusion, echoing definitions in other vault texts. — connects to: Jewish persistence of cultural particularity after emancipation was read as obstinacy justifying antisemitism. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 483; Modern Jewish nationalism emerged from Enlightenment contradictions. — David Ohana, David Maisel , The Origins of Israeli…, 39; Even well-meaning emancipation advocates reduced the Jewish question to a social one — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 194 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Jewish persistence of cultural particularity after emancipation was read as obstinacy justifying antisemitism. #exemplifies (0.93) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 483
• Even well-meaning emancipation advocates reduced the Jewish question to a social one #expands (0.78) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 194
• Enlightenment thinkers grounded antisemitism in progressive secular ideology, not religious prejudice. #expands (0.75)
• Modern Jewish nationalism emerged from Enlightenment contradictions. #expands (0.72) — David Ohana, David Maisel , The Origins of Israeli…, 39